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Benoni Defense Chess Strategy Video

In this video, the instruction reveals an extremely aggressive line in which black can be used to counter the typical open by white, d4. This is known as the Benoni Defense. This kind of defense allows black plenty of chances to equalize things, and furthermore to have an edge, though many defenses against the queen pawn opening are closed and drawish.

It is emphasized that the Benoni Defense's primary focus is black's center control from the dark squares and white's control of center of the light squares with its main pawn on d5. To have additional support for the dark squares, black will typically fianchetto the bishop on the king side to g7.

For a white player, it is best to maintain a lot of pressure on the d5 square and use it later on to line up outposts for the minor pieces and put pressure on black. Black should keep white from creating pressure and prevent them from having any outlyers on the e6 and c6 squares. This defense commonly opens up subsequent to the opening which indicates that bishops are able to over-power knights, hence, be one should be careful in trading off the bishop.

The player in black should gain plenty of counter moves after things become more open at the middle, because this is the opportunity when one can dominate the game. Hit play to see how Benoni Defense can actually work in a game.